Confirmed Signing with Link: [PIT] F Sidney Crosby signs extension with the Penguins (2 years, $8.7M AAV; begins 2025-26)

[frightenedinmatenum2]

There is no next wave of players.

I was referring to Erik Karlsson, who is only 34.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Who cares what they have done. The contract is for the future when they will be dead wood.

I mean, the point of playing is to win the game. The Pens have inarguably done that more than any team in the league with Sid.

 

[KovalchukFistPump]

It is interesting how in the NHL number of Cups isn't the same legacy meter the way it is in the NBA. If he was an NBA player, he's jumping ship to chase another ring. I don't see it happening in Pittsburgh anytime soon.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I apparently didn't really follow Crosby too closely this year. Holy shit, he's still scoring 40g+/90a+. Still underpaid.

What a career he continues to have.

Yea his 94 points was the second best 36 year old season ever behind Gretzky.

 

[Kryten]

thats nearly a 6m per raise from the last 3 seasons. Well done Sid

Hes one of the few players who kept playing after those circumventing deals

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

It is interesting how in the NHL number of Cups isn't the same legacy meter the way it is in the NBA. If he was an NBA player, he's jumping ship to chase another ring. I don't see it happening in Pittsburgh anytime soon.

The individual matters way more than the team in basketball vs hockey.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Hes one of the few players who kept playing after those circumventing deals

Fair.

 

[Breakers]

I honestly didn’t pick up on the 8.7 till now.

Duh

Pretty cool for him.

 

[SomeDude]

Who cares what they have done.

People who enjoyed watching it.

It’s not like some teams that haven’t done anything since Kris Kross were on the charts.

 

[Bonin21]

I honestly didn’t pick up on the 8.7 till now.

Duh

Pretty cool for him.

Only took you since Jul 7, 2007 to get it!

 

[lettuceAA]

Pens will regret this contract on the last year of the deal. Too much $ and too much term, the contract will be unmovable on the last year of this deal.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Pens will regret this contract on the last year of the deal. Too much $ and too much term, the contract will be unmovable on the last year of this deal.

I think you forgot the sarcasm emoji before hitting "post reply".

 

[jfhabs]

Huge hometown discount.
Sid will retire a Pens.
This is the way.

 

[therocket9]

Sid loves the #87 born in 1987 wears #87 and makes 8.7 million.

 

[vokiel]

Nice contract, so... We can still trade for him ah!

 

[Foppberg]

I was going to say over/under $30 million. That's insane.

When you have that much, money isn’t that big of a deal.

Unless you’re a billionaire sociopath.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Yea his 94 points was the second best 36 year old season ever behind Gretzky.

Ovechkin’s 50 goal age 36 season was better, and unlike Crosby, Ovie got his team into the playoffs.

 

[3074326]

Ovechkin’s 50 goal age 36 season was better, and unlike Crosby, Ovie got his team into the playoffs.

Crosby got his team three cups

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Ovechkin’s 50 goal age 36 season was better, and unlike Crosby, Ovie got his team into the playoffs.

So team success matters when it favors your guy now?

Weird considering I doubt you'd say Crosby's 3 Cups is irrefutable proof he was the superior player to Ovechkin during their careers.

 

[centipede2233]

It's not like 8.7 is the only money he will make. There's the sponsorships, commercials, and whatnot.

I recall comming across stats on players how much they made in sponsorships, in Sid’s case I believe it’s an additional 3.5-4 mil per year

It is interesting how in the NHL number of Cups isn't the same legacy meter the way it is in the NBA. If he was an NBA player, he's jumping ship to chase another ring. I don't see it happening in Pittsburgh anytime soon.

The reason you see nba superstars forming super teams because 1-2 nba superstars literally win you championships. 1-2 superstars might get you a cup or two in your teams lifetime. NHL players just don’t impact the game singularity like nba stars do.

 

[Victor000]

Was there a chance of him signing for any number other than 8.7M?

 

[Breakers]

Pens will regret this contract on the last year of the deal. Too much $ and too much term, the contract will be unmovable on the last year of this deal.

Who cares
They suck anyways

They have a bunch of expensive old trash on their roster already.

 

[orby]

Sid has certainly left a lot of money on the table throughout his career. I'm not sure how much of that is selflessness about the team's cap structure and how much is superstition about the 8.7 mil cap hit, but the Pens have certainly been fortunate that he never pressed them for more. While he's surely not strapped for cash considering all his sponsorship and endorsement deals over the years, he certainly seems to be the type who cares more about the game than the paycheck.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Ovechkin’s 50 goal age 36 season was better, and unlike Crosby, Ovie got his team into the playoffs.

Not getting into this, Ovechkin has been one dimensional for a long time. Crosby's been the better player for over a decade.

I'll frame it another way. Crosby's 94 points was the second highest point total for a 36 year old behind Gretzky.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Happy for Penguins fans. It would have stung to see him wearing another uniform. It’s hard not to respect him for choosing a career with one team.